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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

THE new pension bill recommended
by the Grand Army of the Republic pro
vides for the pensiOning of all veterans
disabled in the war or now in need; foI
the pensioning of dependent fathers
and mothers of such dependent soldiers;
for the continuance of pensions to
widows in their own right; for the in
crease and equalization of pension fOI
special disabilities; for pension OF
S12 per month tor the widows of all
honorably discharged soldiers and sail
OTIS of the war; for increased pensions fol
severe disability, for pensions for the
survivors of the rebel prisons and
for an equitable equalization of boun-
ties =.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
vIgiIancc COMMITTEES.

There have been numerous instances
lately of cattle stealing in this and adj
joining counties, and so far as we
know none of the guilty parties have
been brought to justice. The laxity of
the law and straw bail led to the forma-
ton of the Cattle Mems Protective
Association. Too many officers seemed
to pity the poor unfortunate thieves
and practically opened the way for
them to escape the penalty of their
crimes. This apparent dereliction of
official duty caused action to be taken
at the meeting of the association yester-
day, which was large and influential.
The general sense of all present was
that in the case of cattle thieves, in
sufficient bonds in nearly every in
stance had been taken. To prevent
this in future, a committee was ap-
pointed to communicate with the
proper officers of the law in this and
adjoining counties, with a. view of
securing ample bail in all future cases.
The next meeting of the association
will be held at the Court House in EN-
poria, Saturday, the 10Th instant, at I
O'clock n m
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

THE question of what became of the
notorious Bender family has been a
great mystery, notwithstanding they
have been seen in several localities at
one and the same time. The Lakin
Pioneer-Democrat now talks knowingly
about the final disposition of the butch
ers, as follows:
We know of a man now living in
Meade county who helped get them out
of the way. A stock protective asso-
citation or vigilance committee of thir-
teen had been formed before this and
when the Benders left they started on
the trail, coming upon Bender's wagon,
which had been deserted near the In
dian territory line, and upon the Il md
ers two miles further on, at what Is
called the lone sycamore" a few miles
south of CoffeyYille. The old man and
wife and Kate and John were buried
under this tree. The paper at Thayer
gave an account of the whole affair,
with the names of the parties, but the
committee bought all the papers be-
fore they were sent out, and another
edition without the article in question
was sent to the subscribers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

THE Western News advertises ''Col.
Jesse Harper, of Illinois, as the man
who placed Abraham Lincoln in nomi-
nation in 1907 If the News were as
well posted as it ought to be, it would
know that Jesse Harper never placed
Mr.. Lincoln in nomination at that or
any other Champion.
Yet we have heard Jesse, in this city,
claim that he did nominate Lincoln.
Possibly his case was somewhat analo-
gous with the boy who claimed to be
twenty-one years of age on the day the
election took place, but whose vote was
challenged by his father, who claimed
his son was not of age until the next
day, and as proof Of the fact asserted
that he was present at his first birth
day, and ought to know. The boy
then replied: ''Well, was MT 1 there
too?" This seemed to convince the
crowd that the boy was right. Posi-
bly, Jesse's crowd are convinced in the
same manner.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
RRARHEG NEWS,

READING, Oct. H.-The Weeks fam
lily, over at L. Severy & Sons, are still
sick. The mother and two children
died last week. Four more are now
sick, but if nothing new develops it is
thought by the father that they will
recover.
Fred. Whaner died last night. He
was in town one week ago, but said he
did not feel well. He took to his bed
last Wednesday. His was severe
case of typhus fever and the doctor adj
vised him to give up work and go to
leaves wife and one child.
Phillips and M. W. SCratton, are ship
extra train will be here at five O'Clock
to load and take them.
The Republicans of Reading town
ship met in caucus Saturday afternoon
per call of central committee and nomi-
mated the following men for the vari-
GUS township Offices for the ensuing
year:
For trustee. Capt. J. A. Stratton.
Sc clerk, Evan Mclean.
+" treasurer, John Dickson.
I" justice Of the peace, L. B. Shell
g constables, G.. F. Arnold and
| Walter Bushnell.
The above ticket is a good one and
the candidates are all good men and
have the business qualifications to fill
the offices with honor and credit to the
i township
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
sklppea Wlth Eaia ban.

The deputy sheriff of Kingman coun-
ty came up Tuesday and arrested
Ellsworth Clark, private detective"
Of this city, on a charge of seducing q
girl of that city aged fifteen, the charge
was preferred by her mother. The gen.
tleman was lodged In jail awaiting the
arrival of the west bound train. Judge
Culver was secured by the young man
as counsel and a writ of habeas corpus
was being issued. Sheriff McClellan,
hearing of this proceeding, got team
and his prisoner and started for the
west county line, leaving the judge, the
counsel and the girl in the court room
awaiting the return of Mr.. Mcclellan.
But the sheriff and his prisoner were
gone. The girl made AFFIDAVIT that she
is over eighteen and has means of prov
ing it. She has been staying at Mr..
Clark's residence In this city for few
weeks past and they both say they
were to be married as soon as he could
secure the necessary funds. The pecu-
liar coincidence about this affair is that
Mr.. Clark was the one means of bring
ing j. H.. Crawford to the judges
bench and to-day he and his man Craw.
ford were confined in the same apart
ment on exactly the same charge.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
MRS. Wieks, Funeral.

Friday afternoon the funeral of
Mrs. Sophy Wicks took place at the
colored Christian Church. This makes
the third death in this family since last
Sunday. 1t seems that the family have
been poisoned by the water in the well,
where they live, near Reading. Only
two weeks ago the whole family was
all well and healthy. The mother and
two children are dead, two more child
rem are dangerously i'll. The father is
not seriously sick, but he is not at all
well. Two other children are only able
to be about.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

Friday evening Hugh McGinnis
was arrested for brandishing a razor at
a combatant. The colored boy has been
incarcerated and worked himself out
on the rockpile number OF times and
seems to be unsatisfied unless the Off
GERS are after him. He has been loose
three or four weeks now after sixty
days. confinement and Friday morn
ing he met the gentleman who had
been the cause of having him cooped
before and he went at him with his
favorable weapon. He was arrested
and tried before Judge Fletcher and
was awaiting an order for commitment
when he made a dash for liberty. He
went down the stairs flying and down
Fifth avenue to Mechanics, up Mechan-
les to Atyeo's meat market where Geo.
Deter, who had given chase, caught
him. He showed fight but was over
powered, put in wagon and taken
down under the court house.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
Tmnura Wn4er.

L. Severy has had an analysis made
Of the water in the wells on
his farm, near Reading, in this county,
and the Doctor informs him the well
near the house where Mr.. Wicks and
family resided was supplied with water
by hauling it in barrels from a large
well some distance OFF, in which there
were about forty feet of water. This
well received the drainage of a large
stock yard. The analysis of this water
showed it to -coptain much organic
matter undergoing decomposition. It
was not improved by being hauled and
poured into the well at the house. The
Doctor is of the opinion that cases Of
typhoid fever from which three Of the
Wicks have recently died and other
members of the family are FRUSTRATED
were brought on by the use of this
water
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
rHR WRRcK.
A Ma1H Train strik she Kngane OG q
work Erala.-Slx EEen I1Jarea
hnH mana &Arfannlv

bias none Seriously
At little after IL o'clock Saturday
the east bound mail train came around
the bend between Elmdale and Strong
City at high rate of speed, making
up the thirty minutes loss Of time. A
work train had been on the main track
and was backing into a side track. The
switch had been passed and the track
in position to receive the mail train
but they could not get back far enough
to clear when No. came around the
bend, striking the engines cab dag
onally, tearing the work train engine,
No. 22S, all to atoms. and demolishing
the front end of passenger engine No.
51l. The mail car was torn to pieces
and the six mail clerks thrown out and
badly bruised. The fireman of engine
No. 511 seeing the danger jumped
just before she struck, receiving very
painful bruises on the head and shoul.
derS.
The derricks were all at a great dis
tance from the scene of the wreck, To
peka's being the nearest one. Thii
| was oOAO AOA anu paSccu bAlIOuBA OAAA
city at $50 in the evening.
In the meantime DR.. Jacobs was sem
for and was promptly on hand, dress
ing the wounds of the injured men
They were put in the sleeper and wer'
soon resting easily. The fireman, An
drew Hartley, was the worst injured
receiving very painful wound in thu
side. One of the mail agents wal
bruised on the face, another on thu
shoulder. while two others had thei
limbs badly bruised. Another had hi
hands hurt, but was still able to worl
some.
All the west-bound passenger train
were laid out here until o'clock yes
terday morning, when word was re
ceived that the way WAS clear. The
east-bound trains arrived at S:15, bear
ing the injured men. They were pretty
well bruised up and looked like they
had had a narrow escape. Hartley
home is in Topeka and the route agent
live in Kansas City, excepting one
whose home is in Lawrence.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
LIE. PRuYN. Auctioneer.
District Court.

The evidence in the Crawford case
was concluded at 4:3O O'Clock Thurs
day evening and the attorneys were
each given three-quarters of an hour to
argue before the jury. Judge Buck, on
behalf of the state, made the opening
argument and very forcible one. He
was followed by Attorney Brogan and
Col. Feighan closed for the state. At
O'Clock the jury retired and after half
an hours absence returned verdict of
guilty as charged. The prisoner was
again committed.
Tho witnesses in the Heller case were
excused till next term, as the case has
been continued.
The jurymei not in the box Thurs
day we're excused till Monday morning
The others were excused till the same
time, after returning their verdict on
yesterdays case.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

NEWTON Republican: The ladies yes
terday adopted a yellow ribbon as the
distinctive badge of the Kansas state
Suffrage association. The color was
suggested by the blooming sunfower,
which has united its name with that of
our beloved state. The color suggests,
too, the buff. which, combined with
blue, formed the badge of the wings of
the revolution. We would have liked
it better, however, had the sunficwer
itself been adopted. The persistency
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

WHILE ON a visit to the regimental
reunion of the 21st Iowa, at ManeheS-
ter, Iowa, few weeks ago, the writer
was reminded by his old lieutenant,
who was also his Sabbath school teach
er previous to enlistment, of what at
the time was considered a pretty good
joke on the lieutenant. Lieutenant
Russell, who was well known in the
regiment as a sincere Christian, land
also as brave man as ever stepped in
shoe leather was officer of the guard
at Devall's Bluff, Ark, one extremely
cold and wet day, and on going his
rounds in the evening made the remark
to one of the boys on post that it was
"a damp, cold night to stand guard. ="
Next day Russell was Mortified by a
call from the chaplain of the regiment,
who hauled him over the Goals for using
profane language. 1t seems one of the
boys on duty overheard the remark and
repeated it after being relieved from
duty, giving the authorship, but leav-
ing of the final letter of the word
damp. Russell's reputation being so
well known, it was not long ere the
story went the rounds, and he had a
hard time satisfactorily explaining the
affair. He says that the story still
sticks to him, and suggested the idea
that his old Sabbath school scholar had
a hand in the matter.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

VIM. z. Baker of Hartford was in the
city Thursday and made TIE News
a pleasant call, renewing his subscrip-
ton for another year. Mr.. B. came to
Emporia in June, 1857, when only two
shanties were in existence, and sub
scribed for the first issue of the WELY
NEWS, after which date he has not
missed a single copy. He also says he
adopts the paying in advance system,
and always finds it to pay when deal
ing with q reliable finn like THE
NEWS.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

1 will sell at the farm of the late
Reinhard Specht, deceased, four miles
north of Emporia, on
WEDNESDAY, OCT. %, 1887,
commencing at 10 a. m, the following
described property to-wit: Seven good
mich cows, yearling heifers, 5 calves,
2 two-year old steers, 2 yeariing steers,
grade bull, 2 good work horses, 2
young mares, 2 yearling colts, 1 pony
mare, z stock hogs ard all the farming
implements, consisting, of wagons,
plows, cultivators and harrows.
Terms of sale: Ali sums of so and
under, cash; all sums over SO, a credit
of six months will be given without in
terest if paid when due; if not so paid,
to draw 10 per cent interest from date.
Good bankable paper required. Five
per cent off for cash.
HENRY SPECHT, Administrator.
L. F. PRUYN, AuctiOneer.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
GREAT AUCTION SALE.

The most important and largest auc-
ton sale of the season at the farm of
Evan L. Jones, three miles due south
of Emporia. on Dry Greek, at 10 a. m,
on Friday, the 21st of October, 1887;
119 head of thoroughbred and high
grade cattle; 8 head Of horses and
mares. Also, wagons and harness,
agricultural implements, household
furniture, etc., etc. For particulars
see handbills.
TERMs.-AIl sums of SO and under
cash. On all sums over $40 credit of
one year, with 10 per cent. interest will
be given, if paid in six months no in
terest is required. per cent. of
for cash. Free lunch.
EVAN l.. JONES.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

A KTNGMAN paper says that the
electric lights in that place went out
very suddenly one night not long ago.
1t seems that the propelling power of
their lights is furnished from a stream
of water, and according to the News, a
Texan rode his broncho into the stream
to give it drink of water and it drank
so much that not enough was left to
operate the machinery for some time.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

IN Germany all the policemen are
old subordinate officers of the army.
and are of a certain standard height.
They must have passed nine years in
the army, and employment is given
only those who have distinguished
themselves by good conduct, zeal and
assiduity. They are respected by and
live on good terms with the civil popu-
lation, although their manner occa-
sionally betrays their military training
and is not exempt from brusqueness
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

Thomas c. Martin, after long ILL
ness breathed his last at 2 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon. Mr.. Martin has been a
resident of Lyon county for twenty
two years and has been one of its most
useful and honoIed citizens. He was
an elder in the Cuberland Presbyterian
church and active and earnest in all
christian work. The funeral took
place from his residence on South
Avenue at o'clock, Sunday
afternoon. The remains were taken
TO Chicago Mound for burial.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

THE last two sentences of the
Knights of Labor legislative committee
report, made to the general assembly
at Minneapolis recently, are such as
should be treasured up by the order.
They are gems of thoughtful expert
ence, learned only in the school of adj
versity, out of which much suffering
was evolved. The sentences were:
"Think before you strike. Don't boy
colt, except when you can't help it,"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

There were twenty-three kinds OF
wine, liquors and cordials used at the
Cleveland banquet" said man who
was present.
''Did Mrs. Cleveland drink any OF
them?'
"Yes, indeed. She would ask the
waiter what kind Of wine it was, and
If she liked it, she took it. She liked
champaign better than anything else
and never refused it when 1t came
around. Cleveland was helped fire.
quently during the two hours that the
banquet lasted. TX, G. News,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

SOME years ago, an American gram
marian gave the following CONJUNCTION
of the verb kiss: ''Buss, to kiss; to re-
buss, to kiss again; pluribus, to kiss
without regard to number; syllybus, to
kiss the hand instead of the lips; blum.
derbus, to kiss the wrong person
omnibus, to kiss everybody in the room
erebus, to kiss in the dark
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
A Great Battle

Is continually going on in the human system.
The demon OF impure blood strives to gain
victory over the constitution, to ruin health
TO drag victims TO the grave. A good reliable
medicine like Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
weapon with which to defend ones self, drive
the desperate enemy from the field, and re-
store peace aud bodily health for many years.
Try this peculiar medicine.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

them go down the middle OF the street.
Thursday night they caught one-a
monster rodent. The usual ceremony
was gone through with, but when the
rat was turned loose he made for his
old homo and succeeded In getting
under the kitchen floor still burning.
The smoke and fumes came up through
the thin door till the boys cut through
with an ak and extiHguished the flames.
When they catch rat now they kill 1t
at nnoa
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

THE Lincoln Journal sends up this
wall: whenever paper out of Kan
sas is bold enough to hint that there
are breaths in that state which should
be disguised with cloves, the papers in
Kansas Immediately endeavor to prove
that the party who originated the hint
has served term in the, penitentiary
and cannot be believed under oath.
1t is pleasant argumentive way of de-
Gliding question that is heartily COM
mended to debating societies and
literary clubs,''
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

THE gentleman who edits the Demo
crat, although, until a day or two ago,
unable to tell which one of the ten
commandments had been violated by
an alleged thief, tackles the tariff
question with great confidence, and
with about the same success as he did
tho hihla
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20
WANTED.-Stock hogs.
PARK i. MORSE. Emnnria- Kas-

John Wicks, young man nineteen
years OF age, died at his home near
Reading Sunday. He--was buried
yesterday afternoon. His funeral was
from the CoIored Christian Church in
this city.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

KANSAS Odd Fellows number 14,459.
This is an increase of ,53s members in
one year. Sickness for which benfts
were paid, average for the year, thirty
five weeks for each 100 members, which
is nearly six per cent greater than the
average of last year.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

The foreman of the Republican
Traveller is evidently left handed and
stood on his head when he made up
Wednesdays paper, as all his folios
were numbered wrong, his matter read
from right to left instead of visa versa,
and a portion was upside down. May
be he drank too much water from the
much extoled water power-and it must
have been as strong as claimed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

IF President Cleveland found his
facts and figures in Mr.. Dana's Amer
lean Cyclopedia he was fortunate. Of
ten when one resorts to that supposed
repository of the worlds wisdom for
information there is disappointment
the knowledge is not to be found.-K.
G. Star.
For instance, in our edition there art
several Clevelands mentioned, but ne
Grover Cleveland. But, then, it is an
edition issued before he changed his
Occupation.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

The residence Of Mrs. Mary Meyers
was burned to the ground Monday af-
ternoon. Mrs. Meyers is the widow Of
Michael Meyers, and lived about four
miles east Of this city. She had been
cooking and went out In the garden,
leaving hot fire IN the stove. It is
supposed the Ere caught from sparks
from the stove, for when she started
% return 70 the house, after only 9
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

English SPAWN Linament removes
all hard, soft or calloused Jumps and
blemishes from horses, blood SPAWN
curbs, splints, sweeny, stiles, sprains,
sore and swollen throat, coughs, etc.
Save $50 by use of one bottle. Every
bottle warranted by Lewis s. McCand-
less. druggists, EmpOria.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

MRS. CLEvELAND's husband has
made one favorable impression, at
least. The Sioux City Journal says lit
is believed now that Dan Lamont wrote
the veto message and that the presi-
dent was not consulted about the mat
ter at ALL
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

THE Democrat, in quite a lengthy
article on the tariff question, says:
Live stock and natural products OF
the soil as to prices are now where
they were before the war. Prices of
both are lower than at any time since
the war tariff were imposed, and as low
perhaps as they were at any previous
time.
The deduction is obvious: The
national government is now also where
1t was before the warm the hands OF
the democracy.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

DURING his stumping tour in New
York Senator Allison of Iowa will not
talk in favor of prohibition, as the re-
publicans of New York oppose prohi-
bition and demand high license and
restriction
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

BROTHER Cox of the Admire Free
Press is better. The following item in
his paper of yesterday will explain:
Will the gentlemen attending the
dancing oblige the ladies by politely
removing their hats. 1t was a very
great relief to us to find upon enquiry,
that it was not any of our boys, who
were so discourteous to the ladies the
other evening in dancing with Their
hats on
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

NEXT year is leap year. But if the
Emporia young folks keep on mating
at the rate now going on, there will be
no girls left to take advantage of its
privileges, as all will be married ere
the new wear begins